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What does Genesis 3 really tell us? James Kugel, The Bible As It Was. The four hermeneutical assumptions of reading sacred texts: – All parts of the Bible are of divine origin. – The Bible contains no contradictions or mistakes. – The Bible is written for our instruction. – The Bible is a cryptic text, a “great code”.

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Second-Temple Judaism interpretations of Genesis 3. The Book of Wisdom. The Book of Jubilees. IV Ezra. The Life of Adam and Eve. The Book of Enoch. The Letters of Paul.

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The Letter and the Spirit. The Apocryphon of John. Christian and Gnostic readings.